Education in Spite of Policy (Paperback, 1)

Introduction PART 1 ? ABOVE THE PARAPET A tale of two reviews Health of a nation Success, amnesia and collateral damage Triumph of the eristic What works and what matters Evidence, mediation and narrative PART 2 ? CURRICULUM CONVOLUTIONS Reform, retrench or recycle? Epistemic imbroglio Entitlement, freedom and minimalism Neither national nor a curriculum Beyond the reach of art True grit Curriculum capacity and leadership PART 3 ? SPEAKING BUT NOT LISTENING Promise and politics of talk Evaluating dialogic teaching The unquestioned answer Dialogic pedagogy in a post-truth world PART 4 ? EDUCATION FOR ALL Towards a comparative pedagogy World beating or world sustaining? Moral panic and miracle cures In pursuit of quality Bibliography